Washboard.



No. 693,364. Patented Feb. |8,. |902.

M. E.l BINGAMAN.

WA S H B 0 AB D. (Appnmion med Nov. e;1s99.- Renewed my 27, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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i UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

MARY E. BINGAMAN, or NEW YORK, N. 'i

WASHBOARD.

SPECIFICATIONformngpart of Letters Patent No.1693,364, ,dated February'18, `190i?. Application fill-,fl November e, 1899. Renewed July 27.190i. serial No. 69,869.. uit miel.)

To a/ZZ whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY E. BINGAMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented a new and use ful Washboard, of wllich. the following is aspecilication.

My invention relates to one of the means Fig. 3 is a Vertical sectionofthe main` por- 4 is a cross-sectiony on broken line 7, Fig. l,

looking downwardly'to illustrate the usual cross-section of the sides ofthe frame and the groove therein for receiving and eectually retainingthe corrugated metal panel.

Similar letters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

The frame A is preferably made of a lnaterial having a circularcross-section and should be bent into a substantially U shape, asindicated in the drawings. Tile inside of the frame A is grooved, asshown at B in Figs. 3 and 4, to hold the sides and bottom edges of thecorrugated metal panel C, Figs. 1 and 2. U- shaped frame'iri closecontact around the corrugated panel C in this instance is so disposedthat one end terminates in a washer, into which it is riveted at theside of the frame at D. Thence the wire is disposed across the rear ofthe corrugated panel in one of the corrugations thereof and through theopposite side of the'franle at D', then after a right-angle bend'passesdownwardly in a shallow groove in the outside of' the Thebinding-wirefor holding the over the riveted end thereof atfDto vnearthe Tllence it passes across to the opposite side of it is bent at aright angle, andthen passes upfralne (indicated in Fig. 4) and aroundkthell convex end of the frame, yand then upwardly 5.5v top end portionof the Vsideo'fvthe fratrie,` y Where the wire is bent at'a rightangleat E..

wardly and over the top ot' the sideof the frame and across totheopposite side, where-itis'dis.-

posed in a groove inl-he topof the side ofthe frame and bent overandaround the same and then downwardly at G to H, where the wire is againbent atva'right angle-and passes inwardly through the sident the frameand terminates in a washer,into which the end is riveted. The' portionot' the binding-wire at the extreme top between F andG is bent -upwardlyand into two short curves, one ateach` end of the handle I, s`o` as toprevent undue longitudinal nlo\'ementtheleot'.` 'Dhetopportion of thecorrugated panel C is'turned over the portion of the binding-wirebetween E and F into a hook,whose free end visbent down close around thewire and may be soldered in place, if necessary, to forma certain holdland support for the upper end of the panel. i

- At .I and K, al the rear side of the-washboard, Fig. 4, are shownspring-catches, attached to the frame near the top ends thereof, V andwhich are adapted to engage the top margin of a tub orotherwashing-receptacle to prevent the washboard from slipping from theusual inclined position it isplaced in when in i use. f

AtL'L L are shown several buttons', usually of rubber, which are securedto the bottorn of the frame and serve to additionally support the sameagainst slipping from position and to forni a straight-line supportagainst any lateral inclination oil-account of lthe rounded lower end ofthev frame.

I claim as my inventionl. In a Washboard, a frame-having the lower endcurved and forming a U shape, a panel A Serving as a rubbing-plate andsecu red within the frame, and projections at the lower curved endadapted to prevent lateral inclination, substantially as stated.

2. In a washboard, a frame having the lower IOO end curved and forming aU shape and having a groove in the inner side of the frame, and againacross to and through theopposite and a rubbing-plate within the framein enside of the frame at the top of the rubbing- 15 gagement with thegroove, a wire having one plate, which is attached thereto, thence upendsecured in one side of the frame about Wardly and again across to theopposite side 5 the middle of length portion of the rubbingof the framewhere `the end is secured, the

plate, and is disposed through the frame and Wire serving to support,and to hold the rubacross and in contact with the rear surfacehing-plate in position in the groove, and as zo of the rubbing-plate,and through the oppoa handle for the Washboard, substantially as siteside of the frame, thence downwardly on stated.

ro the outside of the frame and around the con- MARY E. BINGAMAN.

Vex bottom portion and upwardly on the op- Vitnesses: posite side to thetop portion thereoit where WVM. M. SMITH, the Wire passes through theside of the frame, E. H. VAN SCHAICK.

